k_187 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:goatse g oatse go atse goa tse goat se goats e (Score 1) 329

by k_187 on Friday April 15, 2011 @09:49AM (#35827980) Attached to: RIM Co-CEO Cries 'No Fair' On Security Question

For the most part the hardware is decent (its underpowered, but the keyboards are pretty good). They're cheap; you can get the flagship blackberry for $99. RIM's actually done a decent job of shoehorning in more "consumer" features like media apps and the like (considering what they were beginning with). Also they're cheap. Prior to the iPhone, Blackberry was the image of smartphones for a lot of people too.

Comment Re:Ohyes, this makes sense... (Score 1) 235

by k_187 on Thursday April 14, 2011 @04:17PM (#35821642) Attached to: Steam Success Holding Up <em>Half-Life</em> Development?

Yeah, I believe Valve said that story wise, Half-Life would be in the same place after Episode 3 as it would be if they had just made a Half-Life 3.

Comment Re:What's the point? (Score 1) 365

by k_187 on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @07:38AM (#35805874) Attached to: <em>Garry's Mod</em> Catches Pirates the Fun Way

For every person stupid enough to seek support for a product they don't own, there are another 5 or 6 who aren't that dumb (and will forever remember your company as the one who makes buggy software)

I can understand this if your anti-piracy measures are affecting legitimate users, but if the users complaining were pirates, do you really want them as customers in the first place? They weren't paying for the software, so why do you care if they're happy?

Comment Re:Geolocation APIs (and opinion) (Score 1) 198

by k_187 on Thursday April 07, 2011 @10:34AM (#35744594) Attached to: Pandora App Sends Private Data To Advertisers

That said, am I the only one who just doesn't care? This company is providing bandwidth and fronting music industry negotiations in order to deliver a useful and valuable service to me for free. As per the implicit (and explicit) contract with almost every modern free service, it's a willing exchange of information, and I'm perfectly willing to trade my phone ID and location for this service (for now).

It would be nice, though, if there was an Android requirement that each application disclosed exactly what data it was collecting, and for what purpose, in order to be included in the Marketplace.

Personally, I don't think its the end of the world. its a free app and you should expect to be giving away at least some of your information in exchange. However, they should be up front about what they're taking, which if I've read the article correctly, they aren't.

Comment Re:Not bad (Score 2) 1118

by k_187 on Wednesday March 02, 2011 @04:58PM (#35361570) Attached to: IPad 2 33% Thinner, 2x Faster, iOS 4.3

Not what the rumor mill is saying: http://www.bgr.com/2011/03/01/ipad-3-is-the-tablet-worth-getting-excited-about-not-the-ipad-2-apple-staffer-claims/ Neither would surprise me, as they released the iphone 4 on verizon only to presumably release the iphone 5 in a couple more months.

Comment Re:Folks? Get the clue, it's over. (Score 3, Informative) 640

by k_187 on Monday January 24, 2011 @10:37AM (#34980794) Attached to: The Matrix Re-Reloaded

And that makes no sense as none of the new 3D movies have been released exclusively in 3D. (Not every theater has all that new fangled technology, but I'm more than willing to admit that I may be wrong.)

Comment Re:Embarassing? (Score 1) 360

by k_187 on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @10:45AM (#34254148) Attached to: Internet Explorer 9 Caught Cheating In SunSpider

I usually self-identify as libertarian and describe my politics as "I believe in tax cuts and gay marriage". Although I will admit that as time passes I'm moving toward the American left on the tax cut side.

Comment Re:Will high school grades determine kids' destini (Score 1) 256

by k_187 on Saturday November 06, 2010 @11:38AM (#34147380) Attached to: College Application Inflation — Marketing Meets Admissions

This is why I almost went to Samford University in Alabama. If you say it fast enough it sounds like Stanford.

Comment Re:It might bring in more gamers (Score 1) 280

by k_187 on Friday November 05, 2010 @12:29PM (#34137614) Attached to: iFixit Tears Down Microsoft's Kinect For Xbox 360

While I don't disagree with you, the success of things like WiiFit illustrates that not everyone feels as such. Also, there's no reason that both types of gameplay can't exist.

Comment Re:If u want linux in your smartphone (Score 1) 217

by k_187 on Friday October 29, 2010 @11:14PM (#34070666) Attached to: The iPhone Serial Port Hack

Considering they just announce a new phone to be shipping next month, I wouldn't call HP/Palm dead quite yet.

Comment Re:I don't know about everyone else... (Score 2, Insightful) 292

by k_187 on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @02:10PM (#33963700) Attached to: Google Rolls Out Chrome 7

The biggest problem that Chrome has is that there's no way (that I am aware of) to turn off the auto-updates. personally, it doesn't bother me that much, but I can understand if it does bother someone else. There should at least be the option to ask (which again there may be, but I couldn't find it).

Comment Re:Summary Correction: Sprint's 3g footprint (Score 1) 135

by k_187 on Friday October 15, 2010 @09:16AM (#33907076) Attached to: Verizon Will Sell iPad+MiFi Bundles, Starting Oct 28th

I believe that Sprint can roam onto Verizon 3g if there's no Sprint signal. Works the other way around too, but there's more places with a Verizon but no Sprint signal (as opposed to Sprint but no Verizon).

Comment Re:My money is on... (Score 1) 325

by k_187 on Friday October 08, 2010 @02:43PM (#33839038) Attached to: Why Geim Never Patented Graphene

Much like patents, if you throw enough shit at the wall, some is bound to eventually stick.

Comment Re:But... the playlists! (Score 1) 120

by k_187 on Friday October 01, 2010 @11:58PM (#33768036) Attached to: BlackBerry's Encryption Hacked; Backups Now a Risk

This won't last long. RIM bought Documents to go not too long ago. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/205025/rim_buys_documents_to_go_but_microsoft_missed_out.html

Comment Re:Hrm (Score 1) 338

by k_187 on Saturday September 11, 2010 @09:59PM (#33549734) Attached to: Judge Allows Subpoenas For Internet Users

No, the biggest problem with the Patriot Act is that everyone was so eager to look like they were doing something that nobody bothered to read it.

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